Fave five TV shows!

Siano, Sterno and I will reveal our top five fave TV shows on tomorrow’s episode of the 411. Gotta admit I’m having a harder time with this than I did with the movies list, but Siano and Sterno have already submitted their lists. Help me out here folks, let’s hear your favorites!

Thanks,

Cory

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Guys, I loved the top five movies last week and picked up some movies like Glengarry Glen Ross that I missed but will be renting as soon as I get a chance. I am including a list of my top five television shows for you to consider, debate and draw inspiration from.
[b](1) Stargate SG-1
(2) NCIS
(3) House
(4) X-Files
(5) JAG[/b]
Honorable Mention – Lost, Quantum Leap, The Fugitive, Emergency, Rescue Me, Psych, Chuck, Coach, Heroes and Bones.

Looking forward to the show – Keep up the great work. – Kent in Clarinda

The honorable mention list would be too long. The only show to I want to add is Baseball Tonight, if for no other reason that it was the first show I scheduled as a season pass when I got my Tivo, even though it was December.

5. Flavor of Love 1&2 (the best fried chicken is microwaved with marshmallows)
4. Top Chef (Fear the Fo-hawk)
3. Ninja Warrior (So ridiculous its impossible not to watch)
2. Sports Night (a third place show on a fourth rate network)
1. Minding the Store (Pauly Shore isn’t the single greatest actor of all time but this canceled after 6 episodes reality show will have you screaming for BioDome II)

1. THE Fantasy 411- Yes, the new and improved version. Was skeptical at first, but loving the evolution…
2. Kiner’s Corner
3. Baseball Tonight – Sorry, I’m biased, as you know.
4. The Honeymooners
5. Survivor

Wasn’t into the honorable mention thing as I was reading the other posts, but limiting to 5 is really tough…Since you asked for help, would be remiss to exclude Mash, Sopranos, West Wing, SNL, Married with Children, All in the Family, Cheers, The Daily Show and ALF :)

I have to give props to Todd in STL for giving it up for one of the comedies that started it all on NBC, The Cosby Show. Very nice. It is included in my top 5 along with (in no particular order):

*The Cosby Show (when it was just the family, before the kids grew up and got wierd)
* Nip/Tuck (if you haven’t seen it, rent it! Remember that this show comes on F/X at 10pm and you’ll be amazed at what is able to be shown at that time)
*Cheers (before KA)
*Speed Racer (we can pick cartoons, can’t we?)
*The Young Ones (it was on MTV on Sunday nights and had a mid-show musical interlude including acts like Motorhead and Dexy’s Midnight Runners, look it up!)

Honorable Mention:
*House (one sarcastic, womanizing doctor … love it)
*The Muppet Show (the two old guys in the balcony were hysterical!)
* Seinfeld (a classic)
* Friends (we were all in that spot at one time or another)
* M*A*S*H (it was more fun to watch Hawkeye and Trapper torture Frank than it was Charles Emerson Winchester III)

1. The Wire – Not a wasted character, scene, or episode in this amazing show that has more to say about real life than anything on television.
2. South Park – Every episode pushes the limits of what can be shown and said on television.
3. Curb Your Enthusiasm – Pretty, pretty, pretty good show.
4. Adult Swim – This includes Robot Chicken and Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
5. ESPNEWS – It has made ESPN and SportsCenter obsolete and now comes in HD.

If you liked Oz when that was on then you would love LOST.
Best show ever produced in television history. Literally, four or five of the best characters on OZ are on LOST.
The writers are well read and cultured. Also, the writers planned everything out before the first show aired.
Last thing I like about the show. It is not manipulative. They don’t tell you what the characters are thinking, there are NO recaps within the story to catch us up. You have to actually think and figure out things yourself.
Great Show

2. Six Feet Under. I actually subscribed to HBO for this show.

3. OZ. Only watched this show because I subscribed to HBO and at first hated it because it was so graphic. However, the acting was excellent. So good that they were able pull off crazy situations.

1. X-Files (The best part of this series was how contradictory the lead roles were. Scully talks about the paranormal as being unsubstantiated theories, yet believes in god. Classic)
2. Seinfeld
3. Scrubs
4. Saved by the Bell (btw Stern-O, I believe that episode you quoted Jessie on was the one where she was taking caffeine pills to stay awake for studying because she spent too much time with dance practice. She said that line before collapsing into Zack’s arms. I remember just about every episode too, I would come home after school to watch the reruns everyday. My fav episode by far is Running Zack.)
5. Sliders (First season was ok, 2nd and 3rd kicked ***, but steadily declined to an abysmal final season. Still I loved it.)

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